Abbreviations

A

• AFD -- Ancillary Function Driver (for WinSock)
• API -- Application Programming Interface
• ARM3 -- Alternative ReactOS Memory Management Module
• ARWINSS -- Alternative ReactOS Win32 Subsystem
• ATL -- Active Template Library

B

• Bpp -- Bits per pixel

C

• Cc -- Cache Controller (Kernel API)
• CM -- Configuration Manager (Kernel API)
• COM -- Component Object Model
• CONSRV -- Console (User-mode) Server
• CPL -- Control Panel
• CRT -- C Run-Time Library
• CSRSS -- User mode Windows Subsystem Server (Client-Server Runtime SubSystem)

D

• DCE -- Distributed Computing Environment
• DDB -- Device Dependant Bitmap
• DDK -- Driver Development Kit
• DFS -- Distributed File System
• DIB -- Device Independant Bitmap
• DLL -- Dynamic Link Library
• DPH -- Debug Page Heap

E

• Ex -- Executive (Kernel API)

F

• FS -- File System
• FSD -- File System Driver
• FsRtl -- File System Run-Time Library (Kernel API)

G

• GDI -- Graphics Device Interface

H

• HAL -- Hardware Abstraction Layer

I

• InBV -- Initialization Boot Video
• Io -- Input/Output Manager (Kernel API)
• IRP -- I/O request packets, kernel mode data structures describing I/O requests; used by Windows Driver Model (WDM) and Windows NT device drivers to communicate with each other and the OS.

K

• KD -- Kernel Debugger
• KDBG -- Kernel DeBugger (Built-in into ReactOS Kernel)
• KS -- Kernel Streaming

L

• LDR -- Loader
• LPC -- Local Procedure Call (Kernel API)
• LwIP -- Lightweight Internet Protocol

M

• MCB -- Map Control Block
• Mm -- Memory Manager (Kernel API)
• MUI -- Multilingual User Interface
• MUP -- Multiple UNC Provider driver

N

• NDK -- Native Development Kit
• NLS -- National Language Support
• NMI -- Non Maskable Interrupts
• NPFS -- Named Pipe File System

O

• Ob -- Object Manager (Kernel API)

P

• PAE -- Physical Address Extension
• PFN -- Page Frame Number
• Po -- Power Management (Kernel API)
• Ps -- Process Management (Kernel API)
• PSDK -- Platform Software Development Kit
• PSEH -- Portable Structured Exception Handling
• PTE -- Page Table Entry

R

• RDBSS -- Redirected Drive Buffering Subsystem
• RosBE -- ReactOS Build Environment
• RPC -- Remote Procedure Call
• RTL -- Run-Time Library (Kernel API)
• RXCE --

S

• SAL -- Source Annotation Language, Standard Annotation Language
• SDK -- Software Development Kit
• Se -- Security Reference Monitor (Kernel API)
• SEH -- Structured Exception Handling
• SMSS -- Session Manager SubSystem
• SVN -- Subversion
• SxS -- Side-by-Side Assembly

V

• VDM -- Virtual DOS Machine (Kernel API)
• VM -- Virtual Machine

W

• WDM -- Windows Driver Model
• Win32k -- Kernel-mode Windows Subsystem Server (a kernel-mode driver)
• WIP -- Work in progress
• WMI -- Windows Management Instrumentation (Kernel API)